Midnight Rider (Wildstorm Universe)

Midnight Rider
Name	Vanessa
Current Alias	Midnight Rider
Aliases	"Nessa"
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Paladins
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Hair	Brown
Origin and Living Status
Living Status	Alive
Alignment	Good
Reality	Wildstorm
Personal Information
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Adventurer
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Scott Beatty, Chris Sprouse
First	Number of the Beast Vol 1 1
First	Number of the Beast Vol 1 1

History

Midnight Rider was a member of the Paladins.

During the first half of the 1940s, the Midnight Rider became active as a costumed adventurer. At the same time, she was in a homosexual relationship with the aquatic heroine Seafarer. This relationship was ultimately caught on camera by an overzealous photographer, whose paper ran with the story. Eventually, Midnight Rider was targeted for the Number of the Beast program, and placed in suspended animation, alongside Seafarer. While in their system, she joined the Paladins.

After sixty years later, Midnight Rider escaped with the rest of her teammates due to the efforts of the High. When the Authority investigated, she ended up fighting her namesake successor, the Midnighter (leading Swift to remark that they made a "lovely couple"). Eventually both the Authority and the Paladins stopped fighting and retreated to the Carrier but found that the American government had sent clones of the High called Reapers after Midnight Rider and her team. Midnight Rider and along with many other heroes fought them and after the damage done to the planet decided to remain a hero.

Attributes

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat: The Midnight Rider is a hand-to-hand fighter and appears more capable in this skill in holding up against the Midnighter.
• Motorcyclist

Paraphernalia

Transportation

• Motorcycle: The Midnight Rider uses a motorcycle of unknown make to get around. She has been known to take passengers.

Notes

• According to some file notes, the officers in charge of the NOTB program placed her and Seafarer in the system to see if the pressure of the end of the world would be enough to make them stop being lesbians.

Trivia

• Midnight Rider was first mentioned and appeared in The Authority: Prime, written by Christos N. Gage and ilustrated by Darick Robertson, as a comic book character, which she was also implied to be the inspiration for the Midnighter.

See Also

• 6 appearance(s) of Midnight Rider (Wildstorm Universe)

Links and References

• wildstormresource.wetpaint.com